KABUL are on display at the Zhengzhou Museum in central China's Henan Province since Friday, according to a media report. The cultural relics from the National Museum of Afghanistan include precious gold, bronze and glass items as well as ivory…
Kabul and Islamabad have been urged to remove an Afghan refugees’ official on charges of fund embezzlement. The call was issued by Afghan Refugees’ Advisory Council head Wilayat Khan at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club.…
KABUL. OIC Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen, according to WAM news agency, condemned the blast in Kandahar City on May 22, which killed at least 21 people and injured many others. He extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the…
Afghan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments will conduct coordinated campaigns to prevent polio transmission and circulation. “The decision to conduct campaigns on the same day with Afghanistan secretary said on Saturday. Abid Majeed, inaugurating the special inactivated polio…
KABUL in Astana says. The excise duty was reduced from 15 percent seven years ago to zero percent in September 2017, said brief a statement from the ministry. Similarly, Afghanistan also slashed the import duty on Kazakh wheat and flour…
Austria has deported two Afghan and their three young children after they were denied asylum, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The Austrian government decided they should be returned to Croatia because it was their point of entry into…
KABUL to the progress and prosperity of the entire region, a media report said on Tuesday. Hussain expressed the view while addressing the launching ceremony of a documentary on Afghan students studying in Pakistan in Islamabad on Tuesday. He said…
China has once again expressed its willingness to help revive the peace process in Afghanistan, where insurgent-linked violence has escalated in recent weeks. “The recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan are our concern and we are ready to play…
In an expected move, the government on Wednesday extended the stay of documented Afghan refugees in Pakistan for two months. The decision came at a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Pakistan…
KABUL on Wednesday -- a significant milestone in the Afghan government’s path of economic reforms. The government has embarked on a reform process enhancing the credibility and transparency of the budget as well as compliance with international principles of good…
About 48,000 refugees returned in 2017 to their homeland from Pakistan under the voluntary repatriation programme, a senior government official said on Monday. In 2016, some 400,000 Afghan refugees had been repatriated under the same programme, the official…
KABUL diplomatic mission in New Delhi has conferred with appreciation letters Afghan Taekwondo medalists, a statement from the Afghan Embassy said on Wednesday. Forty members of the Taekwondo team made a winning streak with 24 gold, 12 silver and 4…
An Afghan national has been detained in the Indian state of Punjab on forgery charges, a news report said on Wednesday. Pursuing graduation from a private college and living in Chandigarh for two years, Khaleel Alikhel has also…
KABUL (TUTAP) project. Once the project is executed, Afghanistan will transform from the recipient of electricity into one transiting power, according to the Neutral Turkmenistan Newspaper. Initial investments in TUTAP project -- part of the Action Plan for the Energy…
Iran’s parliament is ready to share law-making experiences with the Afghan legislature, says an Iranian public representative. At its latest meeting in Tehran on Sunday, the Afghan-Iranian parliamentary friendship group underlined the need for cooperation in different fields.…
Kabul says. Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omer Zakhilwal told reporters after a visit to the Taxila Museum on Saturday the neighbours needed to work together for peace in the region. The present mistrust between the neighbours would…
The looming deportation of an Afghan who worked as an interpreter for the British Army for two years is to be challenged in the United Kingdom high court, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Royal Courts…
KABUL Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) In line with a scholarship scheme of the Pakistan government, doctors and medical students from the neighbouring country were admitted to Baqai Medical University in the port city of Karachi. However, the PM&DC is…
KABUL, an official said on Thursday. Defence Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Dawlat Waziri told Pajhwok Afghan News that the tripartite meeting was held on Wednesday and was attended by major generals from the three sides. He said the Afghan side…
An Afghan citizen has been detained at the Islamabad airport with 23 passports, a leading Pakistani newspaper reported. Azeemullah was intercepted when he was about to board a Kabul-bound flight late on Friday, Dawn quoted unnamed officials as…
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Afghan refugees living in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday said the ‘refugee card’ had no benefit except their identification. The refugees, who had gathered in Kohat town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, urged the Pakistani government to provide…
Fifty-five year old Syed Ahmed, a heart patient, from Herat province is trapped in the waiting-shed of the Peshawar’s Rehman Medical Institute (RMI) for over a week. He came to Pakistan for his routine check-up at the RMI…
Three American soldiers were shot and injured by an Afghan soldier inside a base in troubled southern Helmand province on Sunday. Coalition security forces on the base killed the soldier to end the attack, the coalition said in…
